[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nedro018:
i have a samsung galaxy note 2 GT-N7100 international. i have been rooted for

over a year and have successfully loaded more than 10-15 ROM's. most of these

are in the 4.4.1 - 4.4.4 OS range. these load OK.

my problem is with most all of the rom's ported for the N-7100 coming from 5.0

to 6.0+ OS's. most of these are based off of cyangen mods compiles. the

symptom i have is: after following the directions in the compiler's post, i

get to the boot splash screen yet no further. no boot loop: it just never

boots up. i have waited 10" min for first boot. i waited 30" on 2 of them.

they just wont boot up. ever. my details are as follows below. im looking

for help on this because i know the problem must be on my end....all of these

compilers cannot all be wrong.

- im following OP directions always to the T; usually these include factory

reset (cache, dav cache, data wipes), sometimes they want system wiped too.

then you flash the ROM, then gapps. then you reboot.

this is standard. but sometimes they want you to also wipe cache + dav cache

AGAIN after the reload, then, reboot. in my mind, such a complete ROM install

removes all error from users like me...what more can you wipe?

- im always using ROM's designated only for the GT-N7100 int version note 2.

always.

roms that have NOT installed lately:

- [OFFICIAL][6.0.1][v6.0][STABLE]BlissRoms

- [ROM][5.1.1][Haxynox] AOSP for n7100

- [ROM][6.0.1][n7100]RESURRECTION REMIX 5.6.x[CM13]

- Alliance ROM for Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100

roms that DO LOAD:

- Criskelo ROM for Galaxy Note GT-N7100

- Sungsonic HD ROM for Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100

- DN4 ROM GT-N7100

- [ROM][GT-N7100][TW 4.4.4] Eclipse By AC

again: i need help with this problem which is my problem: in the list above

the unsuccessful rom's boot only to the splash screen, then hang. for 30+

min. no boot loop's, they dont boot at all.

i CAN later reboot into recovery or bootloader OK. i can re-install from previous

nandroid backup OK. i just CANNOT get them to boot. even after wiping both

caches and data and system before flashing, and, even after wiping both caches

afterwards.

more details:

1) im using both twrp 2.8.7.0 and latest cwm 6.0.4.3 touch recoveries. i

prefer and use twrp. ive tried loading the above failed roms above with both

recoveries, no help. i didnt think it mattered which recovery was used until

one time, the system partition didnt mount on twrp after a failed rom install.

it would'nt wipe nor format on twrp. i could not reinstall my nandroid

backup and was stuck.

i later flashed cwm 6.0.4.3 and it fixed it (the system partition problem,

but, cwm never installed the above rom's either). so there is a difference

after all but not much.

2) my roms are stored on my ext sd card. not sure if that's impt.

what's my problem?

1) if it's me please help

2) is it my phone? my GT-N7100 was bought in turkey. is my hardware really

different (ie chipset) from other international GT-N7100's. if so, what does

samsung mean by an international version?

i think the problem is on my end because other posters have said they loaded

same rom's OK.

any advice would be appreciated. im trying to upgrade to the 5.0+ OS's

because the new API's contained therein would open up the full manual camera

setting controls on the note 2...provided thru various apps that require 5.0+

android releases. granted, the note 2 camera wouldn't stop a clock, but it's

the phone i have. now. i like photograghy.

rather than buy a note 5 for $600, im trying to get these above rom's to

install. thanks all.

noted: im also looking into buy a nice camera for $600 that would take better

pics than a new phone: just pls help me with the above problem.